A bizzare probably naive question....

[hettiebaby]

Afternoon everyone,

I just have a question about periods and getting pregnant. Is there any form of relationship between having 'strong' periods (as in really heavy 8-9 days long periods every month without fail) and being fertile???

Just wondering if it means getting pregnant would be easier or if it makes completely no difference whatsoever.

Sorry for the random question, just wondering for the future and things....

In my experience no link, or actually the opposite. Heavy periods can be linked to PCOS which can lead to difficulty when ttc. I get monster periods and took 2 years to conceive DC2

Regular periods are useful from a calculation perspective.
Heavy long periods are not an indication of fertility and may warrant a check up

Its been like this since I started my periods age 11....

Ive been checked up etc and everything is fine no signs of anything wrong apparently its just normal for me. Lucky me i guess!!

Lucky you having long, heavy periods? 😞 Mine were long and heavy with the coil in and thankfully haven't suffered since I had it removed. Long and heavy is also a sign of endometriosis which also affects fertility.

Just to add another thing to the list, heavy periods can be caused by fibroids, which can also negatively affect your fertility.

No I don't think so. I have a 32 day cycle wit 3 day light periods and got pregnant 2 and a half months after stopping using contraception.

Ooh just a bit more to worry about then haha the joys of being a woman.

Amazing to see so many different experiences for the same issue though.

I know, it sucks 😟 Nobody knows what their fertility will be like until they start ttc.

I have no idea of any link but my experience has been (most months) medium flow periods lasting 5 days usually, but awful cramps with accompanying sickness and days in bed. With DD I fell pregnant on a very one-off condom splitting incident having only come off the pill 2 weeks earlier This time we were trying in a very half-arsed manner for 6 weeks, but only dtd 3 times.

I know this is an old thread but interesting as it's something I worried about before getting pregnant. I had been on the pill since I was 16(31 now) with a couple of short breaks, I always had regular but very light periods, 2/3 days max, even when I came off my pill. But only had 3 periods before I got pregnant after coming off the pill, so don't think how heavy they are affects things